Browsing by Subject "Falls (Accidents) in old age -- Research"

White, Patricia; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Kinesiology, c2009Arts and ScienceDepartment of Kinesiology, 2009)

The purpose of this thesis was to compare the contributions of attentional resources relevant to postural control between fall-fearful and non-fearful older adults. Levels of postural challenge and instructions of task ...

Kempster, Cody C; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Kinesiology, 2010Arts and ScienceDepartment of Kinesiology, 2010)

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the influence of postural anxiety on the
capacity for Flexible Resource Allocation (FRA) among younger (YA) and older adults
(OA). Two experiments were conducted to explore ...